html overlay div on image code example

Example 1: make background overlay css

#element-with-background-image {
   position: relative;
   background-image: url("//spin.atomicobject.com/wp-content/uploads/20170324102432/portfolio-tips-feature-image.jpg");
}
 
#color-overlay {
   position: absolute;
   top: 0;
   left: 0;
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
   background-color: black;
   opacity: 0.6;
}

Example 2: overlay color on image css

footer#site-footer{  
  position:relative;
}

footer#site-footer:before {     /* use before property (pseudo-element)  */
    position: absolute;
    content: '';
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    background: rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
}